- Capital
- Baghdad
- Continent
- Asia
- Flag adopted
- 2008
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Iraq
Colors and meaning
Red #CE1126
The pan-Arab revolutionary tricolor tradition
White #FFFFFF
Peace
Black #000000
The pan-Arab Abbasid dynasty
Green #007A3D
The Takbir inscription, written in Kufic script across the white band
Symbolism and history
The pan-Arab red-white-black tricolor bears the Takbir, "Allahu Akbar", written in green Kufic script across the white band, a phrase Saddam Hussein added in his own handwriting in 1991. It was rendered in neutral Kufic script in 2004, and a 2008 law removed three stars that had accompanied it and corrected the script's spelling.
Closest-looking flags
Egypt
Shares the pan-Arab liberation tricolor with Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Sudan; the green Kufic inscription is what distinguishes Iraq's version.
Syria
Shares the pan-Arab liberation tricolor with Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Sudan; the green Kufic inscription is what distinguishes Iraq's version.
Yemen
Shares the pan-Arab liberation tricolor with Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Sudan; the green Kufic inscription is what distinguishes Iraq's version.
Sudan
Shares the pan-Arab liberation tricolor with Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Sudan; the green Kufic inscription is what distinguishes Iraq's version.
Further reading: Flag of Iraq on Wikipedia
